The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-12-14

NIT the bill, and then adjourned.
THE PHOSPHATE BILL.
The phosphate bill, the provisions o,
which have already been summarized in
these columns, caused quite o lengthy
debate In tho Senate. The various pro.
visions OF the bill were freely discussed.
Inc hrst vote came up ON Senator Tai.
berts motion to mako the duration Of
the proposed grant ten years instead OF
twenty. This amendment was lost by n
vote of II nays to Is yeas. Next his
amendment to increase the ROYALTY was
lost by a vote of % nays to 10 yeas.
Various other amendments were offered.
with varying results, but without indi-
eating the sonse of the Senate upon the
measure as whole. Finally Senator
Noise, of Sumter, moved to indefinitely
postpone the bill. Senator Murray
moved to table this motion. The yeas
ana nays were called, and the vote stood
as follows:
Ieas-Alexander, Bell, Bieman, Bnist.
Edward, Field, Howell, Murray, Moore.
Munro, McMaster, Reynolds, Sinkler'
Sigh, Smythe, Talbert, Williams-I7.
Nays-Austin, Black, Byrd, Crews,
Erwin, Hemphil, Izlar, Kennedy
Moody, Mccall, Noise, Patterson
Rhame, Smith, Wofford, Wingard,
Woodward and Youmans-18.
Inc bull was then indefinitely post
poned without a division.
SOME NEW MEASURES.
Quite q number Of new measures have
been MISUNDERSTANDING them the fol-
lowing:
In the Senate: Bill to amend the trial
justice law.
Bill to regulate licenses for insurance
companies doing business in this State.
Bill to renew and amend the charter
OF theO Oak Point Mining Company.
Bill to extend, amend and ronew the
charter OF the Farmers Phosphate Com
pany.
Bill incorporating the Security Say
ings Bank of Charleston.
Bill Incorporating the Summeryille
Building and administration.
by Senator Moore, bill to restore n
per diem payment to county boards of
examiners.
In the House: Mr.. Lesesne, bill to re-
peal certain Acts SO as to remit the
county of Colleton to the operations of
Chapter Y, General Statutes, relating to
the stock law.
MIR. Abney, bill to amend Chapter 70,
Nc, of the General Statutes, relating to
sND ~ lhSOlNcuG OcDIOIS.
Mr.. Ancrum, bill to charter the Cam
den Street Railway Company.
Mr.. league, bill requiring the SUPER
lntendent of the Pcnitentiary to provide
separate maintenance, lodging and train
ing for criminals under Is years of o
Mr.. Piowden, bill to authorize the
town council of Forreston to borrow
money for building al academy and
boarding-house.
Mr.. Johnston, bill to abolish the Office
OF superintendent of highways in Pick
ems county.
ABOUT THE CENSUS.
There was q long and earnest debate
IN the House on the bill to re-apportion
the representatives according to the bill
previously reported by the proper com
mittee., This bill simply provides that
there b be a reapportionment of rep
resentation on the basis of the United
States census of 1880 and divides out
the Representatives among the counties,
taking our from Charleston and one
each from Aiken, Hampton and Rich
land counties, and giving an additional
Representative to Beaufort, Edgefeld,
G~reenville, Laurens, Marlboro, Spartan.
burg and Sumter counties.
There was n long and earnest debate
the opponents of the bill resting their
objections mainly upon the ground that
it would be in violation of the State
Constitution.
Inc yeas a I nays were called on the
motion to str out the enacting words.
During the call Of the roll there was per.
feet silence in the House, most OF the
members keeping tally of the votes.
The motion was finally declared lost by
q vote of 81 to 60.
Mr.. Haskell offered an amendment,
which was accepted, providing that this
apportionment shall only hold good un.
til after the adjournment of the General
Assembly which will be elected in 1890.
After some further debate it was sug.
gested that the apportionment set forth
In the bill had never been verified by
reference to the records of the census OF
1880, as fled in the office of the Score,
tary of State.
After some discussion Mr.. Haskelll
motion to recommit to q special commit
tee was adopted on o division, with the
understanding that the committee should
report as soon as they had verified the
figures and that the bill would then bt
taken up for its third reading, the oppo.
sltion guaranteeing that it should no
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special committee appointed by tn,
: Speaker was composed of Messrs. Simp
son, Douglass and Aldrich.
| The committee, on the day following
reported that they had made the neces
sary calculations, and found that TIL,
Z representation would be as follows: Alb
beyille 5, Aiken 3, Anderson 4, Barn
well 5, Beaufort A, Berkeley 8, Charles
: ton 8, Chester 3, Clarendon Q, Collector
5, Darlington A, Edgefeld 6, Fairfield 3
, Georgetown 2, Greenville 5, Hampton
!. 2, Horny 2, Kershaw 3, Lancaster 2
4 Laurens d, Lexington 2, Marion A
: Marlboro 3, Newberry 3, Oconee 2
Orangeburg B, Pickens 2, Richland 4
d Spartanburg 8, Sumter 8, Union 8, Will
~liamsburg B, York 4.
The committee stated that in appor
tionIng representatives to Berkeley an,